Kelley T. O'Brien

Areas of Expertise

Facilitation; grant writing; strategic planning

Profile

Kelley O'Brien joined the School of Government in 2002 as project director for the NC Civic Education Consortium's 2003 Civic Index, the first-ever statewide study of youth and adult civic engagement. O'Brien's experience in the education sector includes teaching English as a Second Language; managing school-to-career programs in Durham, NC; and overseeing the expansion of the Consortium's curricular resources. O'Brien teaches grant proposal writing and professional communications for the Master of Public Administration program. She has secured more than $5 million in private and public grants. She led the drafting and publication of the 2010 North Carolina Civic Health Index and her research has been published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Popular Government, and the Kappa Delta Pi Record. O'Brien earned a BA in honors interdisciplinary studies from the University of Georgia and an MPA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.